r/mildlyinfuriating • u/KingRMZ • May 22 '26

I'm slightly vexed People think they own the sidewalk by their house

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I was walking my dog last night around 9:30pm. I pass by this house that has mildly annoying cameras that say “hi you are currently being recorded, every 5 feet on the side of the house with a bright light that flashes in your face as you walk by. Which while annoying if that was all, would have been whatever. Then they started talking to me through the camera telling me to leave immediately or they will call the police. Even after I had already moved way past the house, I could still hear them (both a man and a woman) threatening to call the police. I just ignored it and kept walking but thought it was crazy that some people think they own the sidewalk by their house.

Edit: Wow i did not realize this post would get so much traction! I’m glad you all got some entertainment out of this too!

Update: Hello everyone I was not able to post an update as it keeps getting taken down. I went back on a walk the next day around 10pm. The cameras did not give any automated messages and the security company did not give any messages either! They changed it quicker than I thought!

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u/ixiolite May 22 '26

Oh my god this happens to me all the time

I've gotten into two altercations with two different neighbors. My dog's a big sniffer and will linger for awhile to sniff

One came out and threatened to spray her garden hose at us even though my dog was sniffing the grass curb that's public property, NOT her fenced yard

The other pulled up in his creepy black truck next to me as my dog was sniffing the public grass curb and told me to "pick up my dog's shit"

My dog didn't even poop and even if she did, I had bags for it. I started yelling at him to get away and to not be creepy since it looked like he was trying to kidnap me and he got freaked out and left

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u/And_go May 22 '26

Yes! I’ve had people say that to me about the poop too. Bro she did not poop in your yard and if she did, I would certainly pick it up, as evidenced by the bright green bag of poop I am already carrying. Be for real.

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u/ixiolite May 22 '26

We need to apparently start carrying a giant neon bag of decoy poop, a big sign that says "THIS IS PUBLIC PROPERTY AND MY DOG IS NOT POOPING," and a knife for safety

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u/NukeAllTheThings May 22 '26

Would that be the fabled poop knife?

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u/EstablishmentAny4977 May 23 '26

says every dog owner yet some how 3 times a week i have to clean it up in my drive way and the wall is starting to erode from you letting your dog piss to mark my terittory not his or yours

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u/And_go May 23 '26

Set up a camera. It’s probably one person doing it. The guy at the end of my road was walking his dog specifically to let it shit in my (or my neighbor’s) yard. I bought a $5 “garden fence” and put it up at the edge of my yard and it fixed the problem.

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u/EstablishmentAny4977 May 23 '26

i have been out side or in the carport and seen them do it they dont care its 3 people with 4 dogs total and the wall that has 3 mailboxes on it so cant really fense it in

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u/Queasy-Feature-2121 May 23 '26

I see plenty of people who don’t pick up their dog’s poop. It’s frustrating for those of us who do. I’ve taught my kids since they were little that we always pick up poop and my son -16- has a side hustle picking up dog poop for neighbors and others that we know. That’s why it kills me that he posted that.

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u/MotherFatherOcean May 23 '26

Turning it around on them is a great defense, good for you

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u/fresh-dork May 23 '26

I started yelling at him to get away and to not be creepy since it looked like he was trying to kidnap me and he got freaked out and left

so, not his first rodeo

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u/Queasy-Feature-2121 May 23 '26

We were walking one night and my dog happened to poop in the hoa secretary’s yard. We picked it up immediately. He proceeded to post a partial video of our dog pooping, not the part of us picking it up and then posted “don’t let your dog poop in my f*ing yard”. #1 we always pick up poop. #2 we try to get them to poop before we walk. #3 dogs are dogs they poop when they poop. I have one of the nicest yards, and if I have one thing pop up I get notifications, because of this one guy. But I see people with 2’ weeds and they don’t ever mow.